It's 'Guanggun day' in China and 1,111 lonely hearts are sitting bashfully across from each other in the vast banquet hall of a Beijing hotel.
The men -- the true Guangun or single sticks, as bachelors are called in China -- are on one side, while the women, known as Mingming or bright, are on the other. They are all single and today, the eleventh day of the eleventh month is their day.
The number one plays out in almost every aspect of the day. The singles paid 111 yuan to attend the get to... |
Holly Phillips, ColumnistI have questioned one thing in my dating years since they began six years ago: should women make the first move?Since my past two relationships involved plenty of first moves on my behalf, I recently developed a new fantasy - to be pursued to the fullest extent. Mr. Right, whoever he is, must be willing to make those first steps to find me, meet me, kiss me and so forth. Until then, I have to find my own path, and I encourage the ladies to join me. Sin... | Scam artists are tapping into the online dating market, and in two cases in Hampton Falls, have stolen thousands of dollars from women who thought they had a romantic relationship.The Hampton Falls Police Department is investigating two cases of online fraud.The local women were duped out of thousands of dollars they'll likely never recover, Police Chief Robbie Dirsa said.It could happen to anyone, said Dirsa, whose officer, Jeremy Tetreault, spoke at an identity theft seminar in Hampton this pa... |